For Your Safety the Pilz Podcast

#11 FSoE - safe data transmission with Safety over EtherCAT

Pilz Podcast Production Season 1 Episode 11

The Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) protocol was defined in order to realise safe data transmission for EtherCAT. FSoE allows the transmission of safe and non-safe information in the EtherCAT communication system. In the latest podcast episode, the two Pilz product managers Andreas Volland and Dr Manuel Schön explain how FSoE technology can be implemented and talk about the benefits for the user and possible applications in automation. Listen now and recommend!  

You can find more information about EtherCAT and Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) here: https://www.ethercat.org/de

The safe small controller PNOZmulti 2 can be used as an FSoE main instance (master). Find out more about the benefits at PNOZmulti 2 small controller – communication modules